Considerable comment on procedure for submitting paper to R.S.L. Urges WT to mention JH's method of washing with hyposulfite. Comments on some photographic experiments of WT.
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Considerable comment on procedure for submitting paper to R.S.L. Urges WT to mention JH's method of washing with hyposulfite. Comments on some photographic experiments of WT.
Discusses own efforts in meteorology. Must wait to print second edition of work on storms. Appreciates nomination for R.S.L., but has little time for such pursuits.
Asks permission to use information from JH's letter in Astronomische Nachrichten. Believes [Alexander von] Humboldt can explain observational anomalies that JH notes.
Mentions visit of 1 Feb. 1839 from W. H. Fox Talbot. Reports that JH has now 'accomp[lishe]d the whole problem [of photography].' Describes JH's recent results.
Sends JH pamphlet on intimate connection between a country's zoology and its political statistics. Regrets that JH wished not to be nominated for presidency of R.S.L. on returning from Cape.
Asks JH to keep him updated on English research of the dynamics of light. Currently considering the 'propagation' of light waves, as distinguished from their mere 'preservation'; asks whether this is a new study.
In reply to WH's 1839-2-8 inquiry, JH believes that 'Skotodynamics' (the propagation of light waves) is a new line of research. Caroline Herschel is ecstatic about her Royal Irish Academy medal.
Awaits decision on his fate as Lieutenant Governor at the Cape.
Further observations on the alterations at Cape Town Observatory. Any news of the measuring bars?
Thomas Maclear's assistant and equipment arranged. Observations on copper horse-shoe bars applied to the end of his magnet.
Thanks GA for all his efforts on Thomas Maclear's behalf [see GA's 1839-2-25]; comments on some developments in photography, including the work of Nicephore Niepce done in approximately 1826.
Inquires about appropriate person to add to the Cape Observatory staff, if FB can persuade the Admiralty of the need. Thanks JH for his comments on chloride of silver; were much better than W. H. F. Talbot's.
Unable to see him as he has another meeting to attend. Regarding the loan of the R.A.S.'s theodolite to Thomas Maclear. Two foreign members have been proposed for the R.A.S.
Approves of the arrangements made by FB regarding the loan of the theodolite.
Will compare the standards later. Has sent the theodolite to the Admiralty and received a letter of thanks. Thomas Maclear's paper on N. L. Lacaille's star positions will be read at the next meeting of the R.A.S.
Will come up to town so that they can work on Thomas Maclear's four foot scale standard. News of the Glasgow Observatory.
Invites JH to Kew Green to see Francis Bauer's plates etched by J. N. Niepce's photographic process. Perhaps L. J. M. Daguerre assumes more credit than is due. Heard Niepce visited London in 1826, but his paper was rejected by R.S.L. at W. H. Wollaston's urging.
Thanks WS for his pamphlet on the 'Statistical Zoology of Britain.' Comments on the dynamics of animal and plant ecology.
Sends HS's observations of magnetic declination and dip near London for forwarding to Carl F. Gauss. Encloses a letter from Edward Sabine.
JH welcomes WT's mentioning JH's method of fixing with hyposulfite. JH has put some of JH's images on display at R.S.L. Mentions JH's recent experiments relating to photography. Comments regarding a paper submitted to R.S.L. by WT and on some experiments of WT.